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AGs Warn Feds: Radioactive Waste Cleanup Delays Will Be Costly

Olympia - June 12, 2001 - The U.S. Department of Energy's proposed budget to clean up the nation's nuclear waste is inadequate and will unnecessarily cost taxpayers billions of dollars, Washington Attorney General Christine Gregoire warned Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham in a letter sent today.

"The federal government needs to fulfill its cleanup commitments just like anyone else," Gregoire said of the letter. "Hanford is one of the worst waste sites in the nation and Energy should set an example for responsibly cleaning up its mess."

AG Asks Court to Uphold Decision on Nuclear Waste Reclassification

OLYMPIA -- Attorney General Christine Gregoire today asked a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling which blocks U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) efforts to reclassify high-level radioactive waste in order to avoid disposing of it in a safe underground storage facility.

Gregoire and state attorneys for Oregon, Idaho, South Carolina, New Mexico, and New York made the argument in a "friend of the court" brief to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

State Challenges EPA Decision on Global Warming

OLYMPIA -- Attorney General Christine Gregoire today joined several other states, cities, and environment groups in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) failure to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the federal Clean Air Act.

A petition filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. asks the court to review recent EPA decisions that said Congress did not provide the agency with authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the clean air law.

State settles David case

OLYMPIA - Gov. Gary Locke and state Attorney General Christine Gregoire today announced an $8.8 million settlement of the $55 million lawsuit filed against the state by Linda David.

Under terms of the settlement, the state will pay $8.8 million to Linda David and her guardian.

Snohomish County prosecutors have charged David’s husband, Victor, with a variety of criminal charges, including assaulting his wife. The settlement identifies Victor David as the perpetrator, and he is prohibited from ever collecting money under the settlement.

AG May Take Feds to Court Over Hanford Cleanup

Olympia - March 23, 2001 - Attorney General Christine Gregoire today called for the preparation of legal action in the event the federal government breaks its promise to begin construction this summer on a facility to treat radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Reported cuts in the Department of Energy (DOE) budget could slash funding for cleanups nationwide by an estimated $425 million. To meet its obligations at Hanford, DOE would need an estimated increase of several hundred million dollars.

Internet-based Work-At-Home Scam Sued by AG's High-Tech Unit

Seattle - Sept. 19, 2001 - Attorney General Christine Gregoire today continued her campaign against Internet fraud by suing a web-based company that markets a work-at-home program considered to be an illegal pyramid scheme.

In a complaint filed in Kitsap County Superior Court, the AG's High-Tech Unit accused SJ Gabel, a Bremerton company, and its owners, Susan J. Gabel and Claudette Richardson, of violating the state's Chain Distribution Scheme Act and Consumer Protection Act.

Western AGs Hand Enron Documents to Congressional Investigators

OLYMPIA-- Attorney General Christine Gregoire, along with California AG Bill Lockyer and Oregon AG Hardy Myers, today sent congressional investigators newly uncovered Enron documents outlining corporate schemes to manipulate energy markets in the West.

"These new documents, with notes from energy traders, are just the latest indication of something we've suspected all along, that Enron was manipulating prices to the detriment of Northwest consumers," Gregoire said.

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